Alex Ovechkin Scores Hat-Trick for Goals 798, 799, and 800, Closing in on Mr. Hockey and Gretzky

Alex Ovechkin's mission to chase down the NHL's all-time goals record took a monumental turn on Tuesday night in Chicago. Ovechkin scored three goals, eclipsing #800 in his legendary career, coming within a single goal of Gordie Howe's number of 801.

All three goals:

For #800, you had to know the entire bench was coming on the ice in celebration. Ovechkin is just the third player in NHL history to break 800 career goals, joining Howe and the Great One, Wayne Gretzky.

Ovi needs just 94 goals to tie Gretzky's record of 894 goals, and with 50+ games to go this season, the 37-year old likely hits it some time in the next two-and-a-half seasons.

My Hot Take on the subject: it's more likely that Ovechkin scores 1,000 than falls short of Gretzky's record.

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